| Happiness Male < Fem | Happiness Male > Fem | Happiness Male = Fem | Wilcoxon |
New Couple (n = 30) | 23.33% (7) | 33.33% (10) | 43.33% (13) | Z = −1.375, p = 0.169 |
Couples with small children (n = 40) | 15% (6) | 20% (8) | 65% (26) | Z = −1.101, p = 0.271 |
Couples with school age children (n = 26) | 7.69% (2) | 23.07% (6) | 69.23% (18) | Z = −1.027, p = 0.305 |
Couples with Adolescent children (n = 38) | 28.95% (11) | 31.58% (12) | 39.47% (15) | Z = −0.202, p = 0.840 |
Couples whose children have left home (n = 8) | 25% (2) | 37.5% (3) | 37.5% (3) | Z = −0.412, p = 0.680 |
Couples in old age (n = 18) | 11.11% (2) | 27.77% (5) | 61.11% (11) | Z = −0.344, p = 0.731 |
Couples with adult children staying at home (n = 25) | 12% (3) | 44% (11) | 44% (11) | Z = −2.012, p = 0.040* |
Total (n = 185) | 17.83% (33) | 29.73% (55) | 52.43% (97) | Z = −2.240, p = 0.025* |